2024-2025學(xué)年上海市閔行區(qū)七寶中學(xué)高二下學(xué)期期中英語(yǔ)測(cè)試卷一、語(yǔ)法填空(★★★) Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank. European’s greatest designs Ever played with Lego? Visited Ikea? Read the Moomin stories? 1 the answer to any of these is yes, then you have enjoyed Nordic design. The Nordic region, located in the far north of Europe, 2 (comprise) Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden. Lego is a Danish company; Ikea shops first opened in Sweden; and the Moomins started life in Finland. Now, a new exhibition 3 the V&A Museum of Childhood, in London, is celebrating this region. Century of the Child: Nordic Design for Children 1900 to Today will take visitors through the 100 years 4 proved to be a productive period for children and playtime. One of the things you can see—and play with—is a mini puckleball pitch. This unpredictable ball game from Sweden uses a bumpy surface, crooked lines and different-sized goals 5 (ensure) that people of all ages and abilities can play at the same level. Other unusual objects include a toy made from fish bones and a doll’s house made from forest waste, 6 of which demonstrates creative ways of using eco-friendly materials. There is a section in the exhibition 7 (explore) how a “junk playground” in 1940s Denmark inspired adventure playgrounds in the UK. The exhibition’s title comes from a book 8 (write) in 1900 by a Swedish author called Ellen Key. She believed that during the 20th century, adults 9 (focus) more attention on their children than they had in the previous century. Key wanted adults to make more of an effort to improve children’s creativity and education. She died in 1926, but would no doubt have been proud to see 10 her ideas helped shape this exhibition.(★★★★) Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank. Why Everyone Is Lonely One of the reasons why we tend not to make friends as often as we might come down to a powerful background idea 11 full destructive force we may not even be aware of: the belief that any decent person already has all the friends they need. Somewhere in our minds, the notion has been lodged that only very sad and incapable people would — at this stage in their lives — still have a space in their social agenda for a newcomer. Almost everyone else — anyone worthy 12 (know), talented, interesting or good — would long ago have acquired the gang to which they are now continually and hopelessly connected. 13 this punishing idea misses is the extent to which a feeling of loneliness and disenchantment (幻滅感) is in reality an ongoing and universal possibility, in no way limited to 14 of reduced appeal. Right now, the enchanting actor is (despite the crowds) perhaps lonely; 15 is the celebrated concert pianist, the renowned biologist, the skilled airline pilot, the miraculous neurosurgeon and that rather nice-looking person you have just spotted in the corner of the room 16 (laugh) animatedly with a group of fashionable companions. It’s open to anyone of sensitivity and charm to fail to find the right sort of allies, 17 (outgrow) their friends from school or university, to not have landed on agreeable spirits at work and therefore to be spending a lot of their evenings on their own. And we can know this for certain of other people 18 we know it from a very reliable source: ourselves. Other people who know us at a social level almost certainly find it hard to imagine the degree to which we are exposed to loneliness and 19 we would still like to locate a wise, tender, funny and interesting new friend. The next time we spot an interesting person, we 20 stop disobey the moral of our own lives. We don’t have exactly the right people in our social circle — and nor, most probably, do they. So we can afford to drop our false background ideas of social life — and go up and say hello.二、選詞填空(★★★) Directions: In this secontion, fill the blanks using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need. A. complex B. demands C. falsely D. extensive E. head-on F. promising G. topic H. transfer I. shape J. accurately K. self-fulfilling Writing as a Skill A realistic attitude about writing must build on the idea that writing is a skill, not a “natural gift”. Like 。